A 54-year-old dentist, Goodman purchased his first ___ in 1990 and joined the Howard Astronomical League (HAL) in 2000. “There aren’t too many big astronomy ___,” said Marc Feuerberg, who is President of HAL. “ If you are into astronomy at all, you kind of end up here.”

HAL which has about 120 members ___ “star parties” several times a month. The group also holds sessions at local libraries and schools, with the ___ of creating a new generation of sky ____.

Astronomy in general is sort of like ham radio. It was ___ just after World War II, ___ now it is “kind of graying”, said Chas Rimpo, the club’s events organizer.

Members offer several reasons for the ____: kids today would rather look at stuff on computers than ____; people think the telescopes are hard to _____.

But they say there’s nothing like being outdoors, looking at the sky and considering Earth’s tiny place in the ____.

HAL members are doing what they can to make an impression on a new generation of ____ astronomy lovers. Plans are under way to ____ the observatory in Alpha Ridge Park, said Rimpo.

Alpha Ridge Park was chosen as the site because it is ____ located near Interstate 70, but mostly because it has little light pollution , said Goodman.

“It might be a few years before the observatory is actually in place” Goodman said, “but once it is ____ , it will be run by HAL members and be open to the public. And it will give HAL a place of its own”.

I am a freshman at Orange High School. In 2013, I ______ an organization called Love For The Elderly.

Many elderly people have no one to ______ them and love them. When I say this, I am talking about pure love—______ love for the elderly people that exemplifies(是...的典型) the perfect kindness and ______ no matter what the circumstances may be.

The elderly have ______ the pathway to success for my generation. They should have been shown appreciation and respect but are often ______. Generally, we seldom pay much attention to their previous effort. The elderly are such an extraordinary group of people, and their wisdom can ______ be learned. They are worthy of the best. Therefore, I launched the organization and decided to make a change.

My ______ for writing led me to create such an organization, where people from different countries ______ anonymous(匿名的) letters filled with love and joy. I then forwarded these letters to nursing homes across the country. To this date, I have ______ over 1000 letters and received numerous responses from nursing homes.

Last month, I had the ______ to accept $100 from KindSpring through their monthly kindness contest. Hardly had anyone helped my organization. Therefore, we do not receive much ______ and that $100 helped ______ many costs, including postage and envelopes. This gesture of kindness has been very ______ to my organization, and I could not be more ______. If you would like to take part in our activity, please visit lovefortheelderly. org.

Anyone who has ever travelled on airplanes knows how annoying delays (延误) are. Not only do they _________ us from getting where we need to be _________, they are also really boring. That’s why some Southwest Airlines employees tried to _________ their passengers when they were hit with a two-hour delay by holding a(n) _________ driver’s license photo contest (比赛)!

Kristen, a passenger, was _________ at first when her flight was delayed for several hours. However, her anger _________ when the gate agent announced the start of a(n) _________ game called “Win a prize for the worst driver’s license picture”.

“My flight to Washington, D.C. had been delayed for almost two and a half hours and I was getting heated until this gate agent _________ playing games with everyone waiting to pass the time, after which I started thinking I’ll be willing to _________ here all night if you keep this up,” Kristen wrote in her post, adding the game was ____________.

Kristen, who was ____________ to Washington, D.C. from Orlando to visit friends, praised Southwest Airlines in her post, and someone from the company quickly ____________.

“I’m glad our agent was able to make the delay a little more ____________ for you all, Kristen! We ____________ to have you on your way as soon as possible,” the spokesperson said, adding when Kristen asked the company to ____________ the prize to the Orlando-based team, “send over your confirmation, and I’ll be sure they get the recognition they deserve!”

When Kristen later described her ____________ to reporters, she said ____________ for the worst photos included Southwest products and $25 vouchers (代金券) toward future flights.

“I was really annoyed that the flight kept getting delayed,” Kristen said. “Once he started playing games, I was ____________ and having a great time and didn’t even ____________ that the flight was delayed.”

No wonder so many people ____________ Southwest!